Casimir force between colloidal particles immersed in a critical polymer blend

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 10780-10786

  Ridouane, H ^a   Hachem, E K ^a   Benhamou, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COLLOIDS; GRAPH THEORY; HAMILTONIANS; HYDROGENATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CASIMIR FORCE; CRITICAL POLYMER BLEND; DEUTERATED POLYOLEFIN; HYDROGENATED POLYOLEFIN; SPHERICAL COLLOIDS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037865679     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1575206     Document Type: Article

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